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__________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ ___________ B B S S O F T W A R E ___________ / /\_____ _______ _____________ _____/\ \ /__________/ / // /\/ /\ \\ \ \__________\ \ ___ ____\/ // / / / \ \\ \/____ ___ / V \ \ /_____//______/ /______/ \_____\\_____\ / / V : \ \ \ ___\\ \ \ ___ \ / ____// ____/ / / . . \ \ \ \___ \ \ \ \ \ \__\ \ / /_\ / /___ / / . \ \ \ __\ \ \__\ \ \ ___/ / __/ \/___ / / / \ \ \ \____\ \ \ \ \ \ / /___\____/ / / / \_\/\_____\\_\/ \_\/\_\_/_____//_____/\/_/ V V V V V V V V | . : . . | : . . . : : . . /T\empest BBS v3.40 Config Module Documentation (c) 1993-96 (Revision Date: Janurary, 1996) Author: Michael Bockert Documentation: Michael Bockert __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ C O N T E N T S __________________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER I - Notices 1-1 /T\empest BBS Config Utility Info __________________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER II - System Configurations 2-1 System Configuration Menu 2-2 System Flags 2-3 System Paths 2-4 Logs 2-5 System Defaults & Limits 2-6 Conference Editing (Joined) 2-7 Message Base Editing (Split) 2-8 File Base Editing (Split) 2-9 Edit Account Presets 2-10 Edit Function Keys 2-11 Customize File Listing 2-12 Screen Pens __________________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER III - Node Configurations 3-1 Node Configuration Menu 3-2 Node Flags 3-3 Node Modem Settings Menu 3-4 Node Minimum Logon Baud Rates 3-5 Node Minimum Logon Security Levels __________________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER IV - BBSConfig Utility Options 4.1 Remove Deleted Files 4.2 Check All BBS Paths/Dirs __________________________________________________________________________ APPENDIX A - Troubleshooting __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER I - Info / Main Menu __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 1-1 /T\empest BBS Config/Utility Info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Main Menu: ~~~~~~~~~ Tempest System Configurations Tempest Node Configurations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 - System Configuration 20 - Node ( 2) Configuration 2 - System Flags 21 - Node ( 2) Flags 3 - System Paths 22 - Node ( 2) Modem Settings 4 - Logs 23 - Node ( 2) Minimum Logon Baud Rates 5 - System Defaults & Limits 24 - Node ( 2) Minimum Logon Access Levels 6 - Conference Editing (Joined) 7 - Msg Base Editing (Split) 8 - File Base Editing (Split) 9 - Edit Account Presets 10 - Edit Function Keys 11 - Customize File Listing 12 - Screen Pens BBSConfig Utilities Menu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 30 - Clean Up File Catalogs 31 - Check All BBS Paths/Dirs (C)hange Node, (E)xit/Save, (L)oad Data Again, (S)ave: __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER II - System Configurations __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 2.1 System Configuration Menu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1) System Name.............: Dawn of Eternity 2) Location of System......: Des Moines, Iowa 3) System Phone Number.....: 515-255-3212 4) System Operator.........: The Skeleton 5) Number of Nodes.........: 8 2-1.1 System Name ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The name of your BBS System. 2-1.2 Location of System ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The location of your BBS System. 2-1.3 System Phone Number ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Phone number of BBS system. 2-1.4 System Operator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The name of the system operator (sysop) 2-1.5 Number of Nodes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Number of Nodes/Lines the BBS has installed. If you have a local node installed, then this node counts to the total lines. __________________________________________________________________________ 2.2 System Flags ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1|Link Msg/File Areas: 22|Open Screen/Login..: 43|No Byte/File Limits: 2|No New Users.......: 23|Open Stat Win/Login: 44|All Files Free.....: 3|New User Questions.: 24|Open User Stat Win.: 45|Count Aborted Bytes: 4|Default Sysop Avail: 25|Remove Logon stats.: 46|Only Resumed Bytes.: 5|Ask Why Before Chat: 26|...................: 47|Byte/File Time Chk.: 6|User Can Break Chat: 27|...................: 48|Flag File Ratio Chk: 7|Who On Logon.......: 28|...................: 49|UL File Type Prompt: 8|Allow Hiding In Who: 29|...................: 50|Extended Descrip...: 9|Real Names Only....: 30|Load Node Delay....: 51|Select Dest Uploads: 10|Msg To Next Caller.: 31|...................: 52|Allow DL In Archive: 11|[Return] Msg Prompt: 32|...................: 53|Auto Flagging on DL: 12|Capture Filter.....: 33|...................: 54|Batch Upload BP....: 13|Goodbye Opt Prompt.: 34|...................: 55|Cat Dupe File Check: 14|...................: 35|...................: 56|Use File Signitures: 15|Bulletins On Logon.: 36|...................: 57|Sub Dupe File Check: 16|Stats During Logon.: 37|...................: 58|Detect file_id.....: 17|Can Skip Log On/Off: 38|...................: 59|Auto Use file_id...: 18|...................: 39|...................: 60|Create file_id.....: 19|Allow Anonymous Msg: 40|...................: 61|Auto Create file_id: 20|Allow Password Msgs: 41|...................: 62|Strip Ansi file_id.: 21|Allow Password File: 42|Download Counter...: 63|Use Large file_id..: 2-2.1 Link Msg/File Areas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether you want the msg/file areas linked together as one conference or you want them to be separated as msg / file areas. On = Conferences (1 Area for all commands) Off = Seperate Msg and File Areas. 2-2.2 No New Users ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When this flag is set on, no new users are accepted. Recommended Setting: Off 2-2.3 New User Questions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether or not to ask new user questions when new users apply. Recommended Setting: On 2-2.4 Default Sysop Avail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sets the default Sysop Available for Chat flag default upon loading Tempest. 2-2.5 Ask Why Before Chat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This flag determins if the user will be asked for a reason when a user pages the sysop. Recommended Setting: On 2-2.6 User Can Break Chat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether or not you want users to be able to break out of sysop chat. Recommended Setting: On 2-2.7 Who On Logon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether or not the online users display is shown at logon. Recommended Setting: On 2-2.8 Allow Hiding from Who ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether or not you allow users to hide from other users in who is online displays. Recommended Setting: On 2-2.9 Real Names Only ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This flag determins if the BBS uses Handles or Real Names. Recommended Setting: Off 2-2.10 Msg To Next Caller ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This flag will make it possible for users to post msgs to the next caller. Users can only use this option if thier personal user flag is set on. 2-2.11 [Return] Msg Prompt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether you want the commands prompt to come up in the message editor with a simple return or with the '/', '.' type keys. Recommended Setting: On 2-2.12 Capture Log Filter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This option will filter out all ansi codes in the capture logs. Recommended setting of: On 2-2.13 Goodbye Opt Prompt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether or not the users get a logoff menu prompt or just immediately logs off the system when entering the goodbye command. 2-2.15 Bulletins On Logon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This flag will bring up the bulletins menu upon log on. Users can only use this option if thier personal user flag is set on. 2-2.16 Stats During Logon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This flag will bring up the users status info upon log on. 2-2.17 Can Skip Log On/Off ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This flag allows users to skip logon/logoff screens if they wish. 2-2.19 Allow Anonymous Msg's ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This flag allows users to post anonymous msg's. Users can only use this option if thier personal user flag is set on. 2-2.20 Allow Password Msg's ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This flag allows users to post password protected messages. 2-2.21 Allow Password Files ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This flag allows users to post password protected files. 2-2.22 Open Screen/Login ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Not Installed Yet 2-2.23 Open Stat Win/Login ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Not Installed Yet 2-2.24 Open User Stat Win ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When set on, the bbs will automaticly open the user status window when you un-iconify the bbs. Recommended Setting: On 2-2.25 Remove Logon Stats ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether or not you want the security text to be displayed when users log on. Example: Baud rates below xxxxx can not upload this hour. Baud rates below xxxxx can not download this hour. Access Levels below xxxx can not logon this hour. etc. 2-2.30 Load Node Delay ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is a flag for the TServer. It makes the TServer load each node one at a time with a 5 second delay between each node. This is probably only needed if you have the Multiface III Serial Card. This card has a bug that causes a crash if 2 nodes are initalized at the exact same time. 2-2.42 Download Counter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This flag determines whether or not the bbs will keep track of how many times files have been downloaded. If this flag is switched off, the bbs will not increment the number of times a file has been downloaded. 2-2.43 No Byte/File Limits ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When this flag is set on, there are no file/byte limits. Users can download as long as they have time left. Recommended Setting: Off 2-2.44 All Files Free ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When this flag is set on, all files are free downloads in all areas. Recommended Setting: Off 2-2.45 Count Aborted Bytes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This flag will make the bbs count all downloaded bytes, even if the user aborts a transfer. Recommended Setting: Off 2-2.46 Resumed Bytes Only ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This flag makes the bbs count only resumed bytes on downloads. Recommended Setting: Off 2-2.47 Byte/File Time Check ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Disables Time Checks when users attempt to flag files or select files for download. If set on, the bbs will pre-calculate the time it thinks it will take to transfer the file and will not allow a file to be flagged that would exceed this pre-calculated time. Recommended Setting: Sysops Preference 2-2.48 Flag File Ratio Chk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This flag determins whether or not file and byte ratio checks will be used when users atttempt to flag files. If set off, users can flag more files than they can download in a day and resume downloading them another day. If on, users can only flag what they can download in the same day. Recommended Setting: On 2-2.49 UL File Type Prompt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This setting determins whether uploaded files will be made public automaticly or if a prompt will come up asking if the file is to be public, sysop, or password protected. Recommended setting of: Off or No Prompt (S)ysop file, (P)assword Protect, (N)ormal file 2-2.50 Extended Description ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether or not to use Extended File Descriptions. Recommended Setting: Off 2-2.51 Select Dest. On Uploads ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether you want the bbs to ask for a destination directory after uploads or if you want the bbs to use the area the user is in for a destination. 2-2.52 Allow DL In Archive ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether or not users can download files within an archive or not. 2-2.53 Auto Flagging on DL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When this flag is on, all files selected for download using the 'd' key will be auto flagged as if the user had used the 'f' key for flagging. This is important in the fact that only Flagged files are stored if a user drop carrier. If this flag is off, only files that are flagged with the 'f' key will be stored for the users next call if they don't download them during the current call. However if this flag is on, it won't make a difference if they use either key, they are all stored as flagged files. 2-2.54 Batch Upload BP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Batch Upload Background Processor Module. If this option is turned on, all batch uploaded files will go online as soon as the files are uploaded. The files go online in the background while the user is still uploading files. 2-2.55 Cat Dupe File Check ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether or not you want the bbs to scan the catalog index files for duplicate filenames before allowing an upload. This is like the offline duplicate file checkers on other software. When this is on, the BBS will, before an upload, check the entire file listing index system to see if the filename about to be uploaded has been uploaded before. WARNING: This will slow up the duplicate file check process on uploads. 2-2.56 Use File Signitures ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether or not users are allowed to use file description signitures. 2-2.57 Sub Dupe File Check ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether or not to check sub file listings for duplicates. See 2-2.55 for more details on how it works. 2-2.58 Detect File_id ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This flag will make the bbs detect file_id files in archives. A prompt will ask the user if they wish to use the file_id, unless flag 59 is set on, in which case it will automaticly use them. Recommended Setting: On 2-2.59 Auto Use File_id ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This flag will make the bbs use file_id files for descriptions automatically without giving the users the option. For this flag to work, you must have flag 58 on. Recommended Setting: On 2-2.60 Create File_id ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This flag makes the bbs create and install file_id's to archives that don't have one. If flag 61 is set off then the bbs will prompt the user if they wish to install the file_id file. Recommended Setting: On 2-2.61 Auto Create File_id ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This flag will make the bbs create file_id files and install them automatically no matter what. For this flag to work, you must have flag 60 on. Recommended Setting: On 2-2.62 File_id Ansi Strip ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether or not you want ansi stripped out of file_id's. Recommended Setting: On 2-2.63 Use Large File_id's ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This flag makes Tempest automatically use file_id files even if they exceed the max number of lines (15) for descriptions. It just uses as many as it can. Recommended Setting: On __________________________________________________________________________ 2.3 System Paths Menu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1) Main BBS Path.....: TEMPEST: 2) Accounts Info Path: TEMPEST:ACCOUNTS/ 3) Catalog Files Path: TEMPEST:CATALOGS/ 4) Doors Area Path...: TEMPEST:DOORS/ 5) Log Files Path....: TEMPEST:LOGS/ 6) Uploads Path......: FILES: 7) Text Dir Path.....: TEMPEST:TEXT/ 8) Open Local Shell..: NewShell 2-3.1 Main BBS Path ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Path where your accounts.data & setup directory are located, Main BBS path. This path is required! to be an assignment. Such as 'Tempest:'. 2-3.2 Accounts Info Path ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Path where your Applications & FlaggedFiles Directories will be stored. Applications Directory contains all answers to new user questions. FlaggedFiles Directory contains saved lists of flagged files of users who have lost carrier. So when they call back the lists of flagged files are restored. OLM Directory contains any online messages sent after a user had already logged off. PMail direcotry contains personal private mail from user to user. 2-3.3 Catalog Files Path ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Path where your catalog (File Listings) files are stored. 2-3.4 Doors Area Path ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Path where your doors are located. 2-3.5 Log Files Path ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Path where your logs are stored. All nodes use the same path since every log file has its own node extension. 2-3.6 Uploads Path ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Path where many sub directories store files while they are being upload. - WorkX directories, where uploads are sent originally. - TemporaryX directories, which are used for misc. temporary storage. - Hold directory, for unvalidated files. - BadArchives directory, where bad archives are stored. - Resume directory, used to store incomplete files are store any files that were completed with no description. They will have the following type extensions for files in the resume directory. `xxx extention = incomplete upload, with user id number of uploader. ^xxx extention = complete upload that has no description and is waiting for the user to call back to enter descriptions and put the file online. 2-3.7 Text Dir Path ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Path where most of your text files are stored for the bbs. 2-3.8 Open Local Shell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Type of shell to open up, and parameters for opening the shell. __________________________________________________________________________ 2.4 Logs ~~~~~~~~~ 1) Callers Log......: On 2) CL: Msg Base.....: On 3) CL: File Transfer: On 4) CL: Doors........: On 5) SysopActivity Log: On 6) Debug Log........: On 7) Capture Log......: Off 8) Logs Active on...: Remote Only 2-4.1 Callers Log ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This turns the callers log on/off. The callers log records connects, logoffs, and other activity of users on the bbs. Recommended setting of: On On = Log is active, saves to text file. Off = Log is not active, and so is the other logs attached to the callers log, such as: Doors, Msg, File Transfer logs. 2-4.2 CL: Msg Base ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This turns the Msg Activity part of the callers log on/off. Info on messages that have been posted, etc. Recommended setting of: On 2-4.3 CL: File Transfer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This turns the File Transfer Activity part of the callers log on/off. Info on uploads, downloads, etc. Recommended setting of: On 2-4.4 CL: Doors ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This turns the Door Activity part of the callers log on/off. Info on doors entered, exited by users. Recommended setting of: On 2-4.5 SysopActivity Log ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This turns the sysop activity log on/off. This log records all sysop related activity to a separate log with time/date stamp and user's handle along with whatever activity they performed. Nice log to keep track and monitor sysop and co-sysop activity to make sure their access is not abused! Recommended setting of: On 2-4.6 Debug Log ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This turns the debug log on/off. This log records some debug information for sysops and programmers to debug problems with the bbs's setup. Recommended setting of: Off 2-4.7 Capture Log ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This turns the Capture on/off. This will capture everything the users see and type. Just as if you were the user capturing his call. Recommended setting of: Off!!! WARNING: This log slows the computer up alot when on. Should not be used unless required! You can turn this log on/off by a certain user calling, in the account editor flags. That is recommended over leaving the log on for all users. 2-4.8 Logs Active on ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This has 4 possible settings: 1) Remote Only - Logs are only recorded on remote/live nodes. 2) Local Only - Logs are only recorded on local/sysop nodes. 3) Both - Logs are recorded on both local and remote nodes. 4) None - Logs are not recorded for any node. Recommended Setting of: Remote Only __________________________________________________________________________ 2.5 System Defaults & Limits ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1) Priority: Normal System.: 1 2) Priority: File Transfers: 1 3) Priority: Doors/Arexx...: 1 4) SysopChat: Default Mode.: Horizontal Split Screen 5) SysopChat: Sysop Color..: 34 6) UsersChat: User Color..: 33 7) Low Warning Upload Space: 20 Meg(s) 8) Required Upload Space...: 6 Meg(s) 9) File Copy Buffer........: 55 KB 10) Upload Time Reward %....: 150% 11) Download Left Reward %..: 150% 12) Maximum Msg Editor Lines: 100 (XXXXX memory use while in editor) 13) Maximum Flagged Files...: 100 (XXXXX memory use per node) 14) Maximum Catalog Lines...: 12 15) Maximum Users Allowed...: 600 16) Maximum Pages Per Call..: 3 17) Default Catalog ViewMode: 5 2-5.1 Priority: Normal System Operation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Task Priority setting for main bbs operation. Warning: Using high task priorities can actually slow up operations! Going higher than 1 actually causes problems! Recommended setting of: 1 2-5.2 Priority: File Transfers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Task Priority setting for file transfers. Warning: Using high task priorities can actually slow up operations! Going higher than 1 actually causes problems! Recommended setting of: 1 2-5.3 Priority: Doors and Modules ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Task Priority setting for doors and modules. Warning: Using high task priorities can actually slow up operations! Going higher than 1 actually causes problems! Recommended setting of: 1 2-5.4 SysopChat: Default Mode ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This toggles the default method of sysop chat with the user. There are 3 different methods currently: 1) Normal Chat System 2) Horizontal Split Screen System 3) Vertical Split Screen System 2-5-5 SysopChat: Sysop Color ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sysop Chat color. This is the color of all text typed by the sysop when they are in chat with a user. 2-5.6 UsersChat: User Color ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ User's Chat color. This is the color of all text typed by the user when they are in chat with the sysop. 2-5.7 Low Warning Upload Space ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the amount of hard drive space that has to be free before the BBS will display a warning to the users that there is low hard drive space and to inform the sysop. The bbs will display the text file: LowUploadSpace.txt in the Text directory. This setting should be higher than required upload space, unless you want to disable this option. 2-5.8 Required Upload Space ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the amount of hard drive space that has to be free before the BBS will allow any uploads. The bbs will display the text file: NoUploadSpace.txt in the Text directory. This is used to inform users that there is no more upload space on the hard drive and to inform the sysop of the problem. Minimum setting is 1 meg, recommended 4-5 megs! 2-5.9 File Copy Buffer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the amount of memory the bbs will try to allocate for file copies. If this setting is zero, then the bbs will attempt to allocate enough memory for the entire file. If the filesize is smaller than the copy buffer, the bbs uses the fliesize instead of the copy buffer to save memory usage. Recommended Setting (Low Memory Free)....: 12-24 KB Recommended Setting (1-2 Megs Free)......: 64-128 KB Recommended Setting (TONS of Memory Free): 0 = Complete File Size 2-5.10 Upload Time Reward % ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the time reward bonus percentage for uploads. Basically it takes the time it took the user to upload and takes a percentage of that and gives the user back some time. If set to 0, they get no extra time where as 100% would give them there time back that it took to do the transfer. Maximum setting is 250% Recommended setting of: 150% 2-5.11 Download Left Reward % ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the download left credit reward bonus percentage for uploads. Basically it takes the amount of uploads and takes a percentage of that and gives the user back some download limit credit for that day only. If set to 0, they get no extra credit where as 100% would give them exactly the same amount of credit as what they uploaded. Maximum setting is 250% Recommended setting of: 50% 2-5.12 Maximum Msg Editor Lines ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Maximum number of lines allowed in the message editor. - Setting a higher value uses more memory. - Note: This only uses extra memory when a user is actually in the editor, and the memory is freed when they leave the editor. Maximum setting: 999 Recommended setting of: 100 2-5.13 Maximum Flagged Files ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Maximum number of flagged files that are allowed to be flagged at once by a user. - Setting value higher uses more memory. Maximum setting: 999 Recommended setting of: 100 2-5.14 Maximum Catalog Lines ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is where you define the maximum number of lines you want to allow for file descriptions. Valid range is 1-15. Maximum setting: 15 Recommended/Default Setting: 12 2-5.15 Maximum Users Allowed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the user limit that you define for your system. Once you gain the number of users specified in this field, the BBS will no longer allow new users to apply. Make sure to set this number high enough so you don't lock out new users from applying to your system. Recommended setting of: 1000 or whatever you think is enough. 2-5.16 Maximum Pages Per Call ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the maximum times a user can page the sysop during a call. If the sysop enters chat with a user, the counter is reset and they are allowed to page up to the limit once again. Maximum setting: 250 Recommended setting: 2-4 2-5.17 Default Catalog ViewMode ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Default view mode for users to use for the file listings. There are many different display modes for the file listings. This setting just defines the default you want all users to start with. Recommended setting of: 5 (Classic File Listing) __________________________________________________________________________ 2.6 Conference Editing (Joined) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** You are required! to have an area 0 for private mail, such as comments to sysop. Same as the Message and File Area definitions except they are combined into a single definition. This option is for sysops who have the Msg & File areas linked together to form conferences, rather than having separate message / file areas. 1) Msg Base Area ( 39)...: Amiga Files 2) Description of Area....: For Amiga Only Files 3) Path of Msg Storage....: MSG:Area-02/ 4) Final Upload Path......: FILES:Area-02/ 5) Entry Password.........: AMIGA 6) Minimum Access Level...: 30 7) Gender Allowed.........: (Male Only/Female Only/Both) 8) Minimum Age Allowed....: 22 9) Maximum Age Allowed....: 33 10) Upload Times Credit....: 1 11) Download Times Credit..: 1 12) Msg Rollover (5-200)..: 13) File Rollover (5-xxxx).: NOT ACTIVE YET! 14) # Catalogs Listings....: 0 14) Max length of filenames: 12 15) Conference Status......: On 17) Edit Message Related Flags (on/off switches) 18) Edit File Related Flags (on/off switches) __________________________________________________________________________ 2.7 Message Base Editing (Split) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** NOTE *** If you have your Msg & File Areas Linked, there is not much point in defining your areas separately like this, move to the part on editing per conference, not separate msg/file areas. *** NOTE *** Msg Area 0 is REQUIRED!, it is used for all comment's to sysop and private e-mail. 1) Msg Base Area ( 39)..: Amiga Files 2) Description of Area...: For Amiga Only Files 3) Path of Msg Storage...: FILES:Area-02/ 4) Entry Password........: AMIGA 5) Minimum Access Level..: 30 6) Gender Allowed........: Both 7) Minimum Age Allowed...: 22 8) Maximum Age Allowed...: 33 9) Msg Rollover (5-xxxx).: 5000 10) Msg Area Status.......: On 11) Allow Msg Reading.....: Yes 16) Allow Public Messages.: 12) Allow Msg Posting.....: Yes 17) Allow Private Msgs....: 13) Allow Uploading Msgs..: Yes 18) Allow Anonymous Msgs..: Yes 14) Allow File Attach Msg.: Yes 19) Allow File Attach.....: 15) Allow Msg Editing.....: Yes 20) Force Anonymous Msgs..: No 2-7.1 Name of Area ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the acutal name of the message area. 2-7.2 Description of Area ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the description of the message area. 2-7.3 Path of Msg Storage ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the path where all messages / message data will be stored. The path you supply MUST end with ':' or a '/'. (full path required) - After you are done editing the area, the BBSConfig will check to see if this path exists and if not will ask you if you would like to create it. 2-7.4 Entry Password ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Password required to be entered before being allowed to join this area. 2-7.5 Minimum Access Level ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Minimum access level a user must have before being allowed to enter this area. 2-7.6 Gender Allowed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sex Type that is allowed for this area. Either Both, Male Only, or Female Only. 2-7.7 Minimum Age Allowed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Minimum Age required to join this area. 2-7.8 Maximum Age Allowed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Maximum Age allowed to join this area. 2-7.9 Msg Rollover (5-xxxx) (CURRENTLY NOT INSTALLED) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the number of messages allowed a any given time. Once the max is reached, the oldest messages will be automatically deleted. This helps maintain the message area with no work from the sysop and makes it so there is very little hd usage. 2-7.10 Msg Area Status ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether the area is turned on or off. 2-7.11 Allow Msg Reading ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether or not message reading is allowed in this area. - Users with sysop flag on for this area can overide this. Default Setting: Yes 2-7.12 Allow Msg Posting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether or not message posting is allowed in this area. - Users with sysop flag on for this area can overide this. Default Setting: Yes 2-7.13 Allow Uploading Msgs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether or not message uploading is allowed in this area. - Users with sysop flag on for this area can overide this. Default Setting: Yes 2-7.14 Allow File Attach Msg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether or not file attachment to messages is allowed in this area. - Users with sysop flag on for this area can overide this. Default Setting: Yes 2-7.15 Allow Msg Editing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether or not existing messages cen be edited in this area. - Users with sysop flag on for this area can overide this. Default Setting: Yes 2-7.16 Allow Public Msgs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Allow the posting of public messages in this area. 2-7.17 Allow Private Msgs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Allow the posting of private messages in this area. 2-7.18 Allow Anonymous Msgs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether or not anonymous mail can be posted in this area. - Users with sysop flag on for this area can overide this. Default Setting: Yes 2-7.19 Allow File Attach ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Allow files to be attached to messages. 2-7.20 Force Anonymous Msgs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This flag forces all messages posted in this area to be anonyomous. - Users with sysop flag on for this area can overide this. Default Setting: No __________________________________________________________________________ 2.8 File Base Editing (Split) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** NOTE *** If you have your Msg & File Areas Linked, there is not much point in defining your areas separately like this, move to the part on editing per conference, not separate msg/file areas. *** NOTE *** File Area 0 is REQUIRED!, it is used for all File Mail and for all attached files to messages. Notice that Conference 0 is configured for File-Mail. This means that users can send PRIVATE files between each other, without posting them on the BBS, as well as to you the sysop. Likewise, you can send a file to a user that doesn't have to be posted public on the BBS, and it will go to ONLY that user! 1) File Base Area ( 39)...: Amiga Files 2) Description of Area....: For Amiga Only Files 3) Final Upload Path......: FILES:Area-02/ 4) Entry Password.........: AMIGA 5) Minimum Access Level...: 30 6) Gender Allowed.........: (Male Only/Female Only/Both) 7) Minimum Age Allowed....: 22 8) Maximum Age Allowed....: 33 9) Upload Times Credit....: 1 10) Download Times Credit..: 1 11) File Rollover (5-xxxx).: NOT ACTIVE YET! 12) # Catalogs Listings....: 0 13) Max length of filenames: 12 14) File Area Status.......: On 15) Allow Uploads.........: Yes 18) Make all files free dl: No 16) Allow Downloads.......: Yes 19) Give credits for ul's.: Yes 17) Allow View File List..: Yes 20) Files are auto valid..: Yes 21) CD/DAT Temp Buffering.: No 22) Cat Dupe File Checker.: On 2-8.1 File Base Area ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is where you give the area a name. 2-8.2 Description of Area ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is where you give the area a description. 2-8.3 Final Upload Path ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is where you define the path for any uploaded files in that area. The path must end with a ':' or a '/' depending on your path entered. 2-8.4 Entry Password ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This allows you to define a password that is required to be entered before a user can enter an area. 2-8.5 Minimum Access Level ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This allows you to define minimum access level the user must have before being allowed to join an area. 2-8.6 Gender Allowed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sex Type that is allowed for this area. Either Both, Male Only, or Female Only. 2-8.7 Minimum Age Allowed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Minimum Age required to join this area. 2-8.8 Maximum Age Allowed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Maximum Age allowed to join this area. 2-8.9 Upload Times Credit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is where you can define how many times credit the bbs gives a user for all uploads to this file area. Examples: ~~~~~~~~ Setting of 0 is disabled (1x given to users) Setting of 1 is (1x given to users) Setting of 2 is (2x given to users) 2-8.10 Download Times Credit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is where you can define how many times credit the bbs takes away from a user for all downloads in this file area. Examples: ~~~~~~~~ Setting of 0 is disabled (1x taken from users) Setting of 1 is (1x taken from users) Setting of 2 is (2x taken from users) 2-8.11 File Rollover (5-xxxxx) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [ Not Installed Yet ] 2-8.12 # Catalogs Listings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Number of Sub File Listings that will be installed in an area. If the number is equal to 0 or 1 then the bbs just has the main upload file listing. If you select 2 or more than you will have sub listings supported that you can move catalog entries to for like an old listing for an area or something. 2-8.13 Max Length of Filenames ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Max Length of filenames allowed in current file area. If you set the value to 12, for example, no files uploaded to this area will be allowed to be over 12 characters long in length. Any filename over this given value will be renamed by the user to fit the area's max allowed size. 2-8.14 Msg Area Status ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether the area is turned on or off. 2-8.15 Allow Uploads ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether or not users can upload files in this area. 2-8.16 Allow Downloads ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether or not users can download files in this area. 2-8.17 Allow File List ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether or not users can view file listings in this area. 2-8.18 Make all files free dl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This allows you to define the area as a normal area where bytes downloaded are counted against the user's account, or where all files in the area are free downloads, not counted. 2-8.19 Give credits for ul's ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This allows you to define whether a user gets any credits for his uploads to this area or not. 2-8.20 Files are auto valid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This allows you to define whether or not files uploaded to this area are auto validated or not. Validated files go online right after the upload and the user gets his credits for the uploads at that time. If you select it to not auto validate, then all files must be validated by the sysop before they go online and before the user gets any credits for the uploads. 2-8.21 CD/DAT Temp Buffering ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When this flag is set on, all files downloaded from the bbs will first be copied to a temporary path. After the file is downloaded the file is deleted out of the temporary directory. This flag is for slow devices such as DAT's and CD ROM's so files can be copied to the hard drive in a temporary path for faster downloading. 2-8.22 Cat Dupe File Checker ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When this flag is on, the bbs will check the file listing to make sure a file is not in the listing before allowing an upload to be sent. This flag will be disactivated if the System Global flag for this option is turned on, in which case all areas will be on and will check the file catalogs no matter what this flag is set to. This means that the system flag must be turned off before this flag can take effect. __________________________________________________________________________ 2.9 Edit Account Presets ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This menu allows you to configure up to 15 account Presets and one New User Preset. The New User Preset includes the option to credit a new caller with an automatic amount of file / byte credits if you wish. After choosing this menu you are present with a list of the 16 possible settings, You may change all of the settings of the New User, except for the Description. Choose which setting you wish to change and when you are presented with the configuration screen, use the menus to set the accounts with the access levels, message and file area flags, ratios, etc.. you wish to have on hand for quick account editing. Read the section on configuring users accounts for descriptions of all variables and option flags. 1) Description of Preset...: Sysop Level 2) Security Level of User..: 255 3) File Dnl/Upl Ratio......: 0 4) Byte Dnl/Upl Ratio......: 0 5) Daily Calls Limit.......: 200 6) Daily Posts Limit.......: 100 7) Daily Time Limit (Mins).: 100 8) Daily Chat Time (Mins).: 100 9) Daily D/L Files Limit...: 1000 10) Daily D/L Bytes Limit...: 10000000 11) Daily U/L Files Limit...: 0 12) Daily U/L Bytes Limit...: 0 13) Starting File Credits...: 0 14) Starting Byte Credits...: 0 ----------------------------------------------- C) Configure the User's access by Conferences M) Configure the User's access to Message Bases F) Configure the User's access to File Bases O) Configure the User's Privilege Flags (Options) 2-9.1 Description of Preset ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name of the Preset. 2-9.2 Security Level of User ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Security level. 2-9.3 File Dnl/Upl Ratio ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ File Download to Upload Ratio. 0 would be Disabled. 2-9.4 Byte Dnl/Upl Ratio ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Byte Download to Upload Ratio. 0 would be Disabled. 2-9.5 Daily Calls Limit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Daily Calls allowed. 2-9.6 Daily Posts Limit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Daily Posts allowed. 2-9.7 Daily Time Limit (Mins) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Daily Time Limit allowed in minutes. Time left for the day is automaticly set to same value. 2-9.8 Daily Chat Time (Mins) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Daily Chat Time allowed in minutes. Chat Time Left for the day is automaticly set to same value. 2-9.9 Daily D/L Files Limit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Daily download file limit. 2-9.10 Daily D/L Bytes Limit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Daily download byte limit. 2-9.11 Daily U/L Files Limit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Daily upload file limit. 2-9.12 Daily U/L Bytes Limit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Daily upload byte limit. 2-9.13 Starting File Credits ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Starting File Credits given to the user. These are Free Credits the user has that will be used before anything is counted against the user. 2-9.14 Starting Byte Credits ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Starting Byte Credits given to the user. These are Free Credits the user has that will be used before anything is counted against the user. 2-9.C Configure the User's access by Conferences ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Edit Preset's access to areas by Conference. (Used when Msg/File Areas are joined together as conferences). 2-9.M Configure the User's access to Message Bases ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Edit Preset's access to Message Areas. (Don't use this option if you have areas linked, use the Edit by Conference). 2-9.F Configure the User's access to File Bases ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Edit Preset's access to File Areas. (Don't use this option if you have areas linked, use the Edit by Conference). 2-9.O Configure the User's Privilege Flags (Options) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Edit Preset's Normal and Sysop Access Flags (On/Off) Switches. __________________________________________________________________________ 2.10 Edit Function Keys ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This allows you to change the F-Keys around to meet your needs. if you have menu mode selected in Internal Variables, these settings are ignored. __________________________________________________________________________ 2-11 Customize File Listing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Custom Catalog (File Listing) Settings: ====================================== 1) Defineable file entry seperater (79 Characters): ---+----*----+----*----+----*----+----*----+----*----+----*----+----*----+--- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) Use above seperater.....: 3) File Listing Ansi On/Off: 4) Display Sent By's.......: 5) Display Upload Time.....: 6) Archive Dates Line......: 2-11.1 Defineable File Entry Seperater ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is where you define what kind of a seperater to use, when it is on. 2-11.2 Use above seperater ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether or not to use the seperater between entries in the file listing. 2-11.3 File Listing Ansi On/Off ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether you want ansi color in the file listings or not. 2-11.4 Display Sent By's ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Flag to turn on/off the display of uploaders names in the file listings. 2-11.5 Display Upload Time ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Flag to turn on/off the display of the time a file was uploaded to the bbs. 2-11.6 Archive Dates Line ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This option scans an archive when it is uploaded and gets the file_id date, the newest file date and the oldest file date from the archive and displays the info on the last line of descriptions like so: ID: 07-Jun-95 NEW: 12-Dec-95 OLD: 02-Jan-93 Support for zip, lha, lzx at moment. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER III - Node Configurations __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 3.1 Node Configuration Menu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1) Node Status (Real/Local) Node....: Real Node 2) Minimum Access Level, this node..: 3) Password: Needed to logon node...: 4) Sleep Logoff Timeout (in minutes): 5 3-1.1 Node Status (Real/Local) Node ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether you want this node to be a Real Node (Active) or if you want it to be a Local Node (No Serial Routines). Real Nodes are for all active lines hooked up to a modem. Local Node is a sysop only node that is not hooked up to a serial port. 3-1.2 Minimum Access Level, this node ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the minimum access level that is allowed on the given node. This allows you to lock out users below a certain level on a certain node. Perhaps you have a private node that you want only certain members to be able to logon, then you could use this to control that. 3-1.3 Password: Needed to logon node ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the optional definable password you can use to lock out any users from a given node that do not know this password. 3-1.4 Sleep Logoff Timeout (in minutes) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the setting set to control the idle time of a user online. If a user is sitting on the bbs and not hitting any key, this timer will activate an automatic kick off of the user if he does not hit a key in the specified amount of minutes. Recommended setting of: 5 (5 Minutes) __________________________________________________________________________ 3.2 Node Flags (Customize BBS) Menu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 Welcome Bulletin.......: 2 Hide Copy/Move Paths...: 3 Allow Sysop drop to dos: 4 Guest Logon Ability....: 5 Stealth Mode Pass Entry: 3-2.1 Welcome Bulletin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This flag will make the Text-Welcome text file be displayed upon users loging on. User can only use this option if thier personal user flag is set on. 3-2.2 Hide Copy/Move Paths ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This flag will hide all displays of full paths when Tempest is copy/moving files from one area to another. Recommended Setting of Off for real nodes! 3-2.3 Allow Sysop drop to dos ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This flag turns on/off the ability to drop to dos for this node. 3-2.4 Guest Logon Ability ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether or not you allow guest logons. 3-2.5 Stealth Mode Pass Entry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether system password entry is asked before any text is displayed, or if it is displayed after connect msg info. __________________________________________________________________________ 3.3 Modem Settings Menu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1) Serial Device Name...........: serial.device 2) Serial Device Unit Number....: 0 3) Modem Initialize String......: ATE0 4) Modem Reset String...........: ATE0 5) Modem Answer String..........: ATA 6) Modem Ring Detect String.....: RING 7) Modem Hangup String..........: ~~~+++~~~ATH 8) Modem Off Hook String (Busy).: ATH1 9) Modem On Hook String........: ATH0 10) Modem Connect Detect String..: CONNECT 11) Maximum Baud DTE Rate........: 19200 21) Server Auto Load.: Yes 12) Minimum Baud Rate Connect....: 2400 22) Front End........: No 13) Serial Buffer Size (1-255k)..: 16k 23) Shared Serial....: Yes 14) R/W Buffer Size (1-99k)......: 16k 24) Drop DTR.........: Yes 15) Secs to wait for Connect(40).: 40 25) Null Modem.......: No 16) # of rings before Connect....: 0 26) Rad Boggie.......: Yes 17) Modem Pause Delay........(25): 25 27) Serial Flush.....: No 18) Modem Command Delay.......(5): 5 28) Telnet Node......: No 19) Handshaking..................: CTS RTS 20) BitsChar / Parity / Stop Bits: 8N1 3-3.1 Serial Device Name ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is where you define your serial device name. Do NOT add a path, only the actual name! WARNING: It is case sensitive, has to be EXACTLY the same as the name on disk. 3-3.2 Serial Device Unit Number ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the actual unit number of the serial port for this node. Amiga internal serial port is device number 0. A2232 cards start at device number 2-up. 3-3.3 Modem Initialize String ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is where you define your modem init string to be sent to the modem upon loading the node. You may have to modify this string to work with your modem brand. Defaults work 100% with US Robotic Modems. 3-3.4 Modem Reset String ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Modem string sent to the modem after a user logs off, or the bbs resets the line. 3-3.5 Modem Answer String ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Modem string sent to the modem when it is answering a call. Recommended setting of: ATA 3-3.6 Modem Ring Detect String ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Modem string for detecting a call. Recommended setting of: RING 3-3.7 Modem Hangup String ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Modem string sent to the modem to kick a user offline. EXAMPLES: ~~~ATH0 = Amiga Serial Type Example ~~~+++~~~ATH = A2232 Serial Type Example 3-3.8 Modem Off Hook String (Busy) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Modem string sent to the modem when it needs to be taken offline, where the modem will have a busy status. Recommended setting of: ATH1 3-3.9 Modem On Hook String (Not Busy) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Modem string sent to the modem when it is to be taken offline and left at normal status, not busy. Recommended setting of: ATH0 3-3.10 Modem Connect Detect String ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Modem connect detect string. Recommended setting of: CONNECT (CONNECT with space after it) 3-3.11 Maximum Baud DTE Rate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is your maximum DTE rate allowed by your modem to communicate with the computer. - A2232 Serial Cards can only use maximum of 19200. - Amiga Serial Port would use a setting of 38400 or 57600. - Never set internal serial port any higher than 57600. - All other serial cards can go 115200. 3-3.12 Minimum Baud Rate Connect ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the minimum baud rate a user is allowed to be at. Anything slower than this specified baud rate will just display the too slow text in the text directory and kick the user off. 3-3.13 Serial Buffer Size (1-255k) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is where you set the serial buffer size to be used. The setting is in kilobytes, so a setting of 16 = 16k. Default Setting: 16k 3-3.14 Secs to wait for Connect (Std=40) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Determins whether or not the node will be auto loaded when the Server is loaded. 3-3.15 Secs to wait for Connect (Std=40) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Seconds the modem waits for a connect before resetting modem for a new caller. Recommended setting of: 35-45 3-3.16 Number of Rings before Connect ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Number of rings before the modem picks up and gives carrier. If you have problems with user's not being able to connect, reset this back to 0. 3-3.17 Modem Pause Delay (default: 25) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Delay (In Ticks) for the modem pause command '~' Recommended setting of: 25 3-3.18 Modem Command Delay (default: 5) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Delay (In Ticks) that is given between modem string command characters. Recommended setting of: 5 3-3.19 Handshaking ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Handshaking Mode: CTS/RTS, XON/XOFF, NONE Recommended setting of: CTS/RTS 3-3.20 Bits/Char, Parity, Stop Bits ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Recommended setting of: 8N1 3-3.21 Server Auto Load ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether this node should be auto loaded when the Server is loaded. Recommended setting of: Yes 3-3.22 Front End Mode ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is used only if you are going to use a front end utility like TrapDoor to answer the phone and then have TSpawner transfer control of the call to the bbs. Otherwise you will always have it set to No. If you have this set to Yes, you must also have shared serial mode set to Yes (Currently always on anyways). 3-3.23 Shared Serial ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Recommended setting of: Yes 3-3.24 Drop DTR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether to drop the DTR when hanging up. Recommended Setting of: Yes 3-3.25 Null Modem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is used to define a node as a null modem node, hooked up to a null modem cable to another machine. If you are not hooking up the node to a null modem cable, this option should be off. 3-3.26 Rad Boggie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is an "overdrive" option, and ONLY works on bauds 9600 and above. Users will get slightly better CPS rates with this on. If you are running Tempest with a 2400 baud modem, then this may cause errors if selected. Recommended setting of: Yes (9600+ Baud Modem) Recommended setting of: No (below 9600+ Baud Modem) 3-3.27 Serial Flush (for A2232) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether or not to flush the serial buffers, normaly only for A2232 Serial Card. Recommended setting of: No, UNLESS you have A2232 Card! 3-3.28 Telnet Node ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Flag to turn on only if you have the current node setup as a telnet node that allows users to telnet from internet into your bbs. NOTE: To setup a node for telnet you need the telnet serial device. (Not programmed by me) __________________________________________________________________________ 3.4 Min. Logon Baud Rates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Definable baud rates for connection, uploading, and downloading. Upon selecting this item, you will be presented with a summary screen representing the 24 hours of the day marked in military time (23 = 11:00 pm). Type in the hour you wish to allocate, or type N for new user registration, at which time you will be asked to set the MINIMUM baud rate for Connection, Upload, or Download. For the New User, you will be asked at which MINIMUM baud rate to allow registration. The New User baud rate is in effect 24 hours a day. It should be noted, the BBS will NOT disconnect a user who is already logged in when a minimum baud rate becomes effective. For example, User # 5 logs in at 9:56 am at 2400 baud and you have 9600 defined as the minimum for 10:00am; The BBS will not disconnect User #5 at 10:00. however he will not be able to call back in after 10:00 am unless a new minimum goes into effect. __________________________________________________________________________ 3.5 Min. Logon Security Levels ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Much Like the `Min. Logon Baud Rates' definition, this screen allows you to configure the Security time slots. Again, This will not disconnect a Caller who is already online when a minimum security level higher than his goes into effect. When you pick the hour to configure, the BBS will prompt you with a request for a minimum security level for each quarter of an hour (15 mins after, 30 mins after, etc) during that time slot, this allow realistic flexibility to the security reservation menu. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER IV - BBSConfig Utility Options __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 4.1 Clean Up File Catalogs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This will go through one or more catalogs and clean them up. It will remove all unused data and remove other file entries in the file listing according to what you want to remove. This is one thing you can use to chop the file listings down a bit in size. __________________________________________________________________________ 4.2 Check All BBS Paths/Dirs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This option will check/create most of the BBS paths. This checks all system paths, current node paths, all upload drive paths, and all msg/file area paths. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 2-4.5 Edit Screen Pens Menu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Customize the screen color pens. 1) Edit ( 2) Color Screen Pens. 2) Edit ( 4) Color Screen Pens. 3) Edit ( 8) Color Screen Pens. 4) Edit (16) Color Screen Pens. Description of Screen Pens: (This is for furture reference) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DETAIL PEN - Used to render text in the screen's title bar. BLOCK PEN - Used to fill the screen's title bar. TEXT PEN - Used for regular text on BACKGROUND PEN. SHINE PEN - Used for the bright edge on 3D objects. SHADOW PEN - Used for the dark edges on 3D objects. FILL PEN - Used for filling the active window borders and selected objects. FILLTEXT PEN - Used for text rendering over FILL PEN. BACKGROUND PEN - Used for the background color. Currently must be 0. HIGHLIGHT TEXT PEN - Used for "special color" or highlighted text on BACKGROUND PEN. BAR DETAIL PEN - (OS3 Only), used for screen title bar text color. BAR BLOCK PEN - (OS3 Only), used for screen title bar background. BAR TRIM PEN - (OS3 Only), used for screen title bar trim color.